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THE HONGKONG

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Hongkong Banka, $1650 8. Hongkong Lon. Reg. £119 n.

Chartered Banks £14

Mercantile Bank, A.

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Mercantile Bank C., £9% . East Asia, $10o

&B.

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China A. Fin. Prof. Tls. 4.60 a.

Insurances.

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Union Ins. $510 n.

China Underwriters, $2.85 b.

China Fire, $620 n.

H.K. Fire Ins., $1190 n.

International Assce, Tla, 4.20 b. Shipping.

Douglases, $26 b.

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Mining.

Benguets, $18% 1.

Kalians, 26/3 n.

Langkats (Single), TlaA 1.

S'hai Explorations, Tia.2.10 n.

S'hai Loans. Fl.2.30 m.

Venz: Goldfields, $4.20 b.

Benguet Exp., 22 cts. b.

Ducks, etc.

II.K. Wharven, $148 n. H.K. & Docks, $24.

8. China Motors A, $10 D.

S. China Motor B., $8 n.

Providents (old), $4.80 0. Providents (new), $2 b. Honghews, TIs. 226 n.

New Engincerlugs, Tia. 6.20 n. Shanghai Docks, Tls. 100 n.

Lands, Hotels, etc.

Hotel (old), $11.39 n. Hotels (new), $11 n.

H.K. Lands, $78_n.

S'hai Lands, Tis. 24 D. Metropolitan Lands, Tle. 10 n.

Humphreys, $10 n.

H.K. Realtics, $9.85 n.

Asia Reullen "A", 8140 m. Asia Realtics "B", $28 n. Chinese Escates, $100 n.

China Reulture, Tle. 11,40 n. Chlan Debentures Tle. 9914 n. Cotton Milia

Ewo Cotions, Ts. 14.86 n. S'hai Cottons, Ta. 75 b. Zoong Sings, Tls. 11.60 b. Wing On Textiles (5.) 140 B.

Public Utilities.

Tramway, 821.75 b.

Peak Trams (old), $18.50 n. Star Ferries, $93 n.

Yaumati Ferrien (old), $35 m Yaumati Ferries (now) $34.25 9.

China Lights (old), $151⁄41⁄2 s.

H.K. Electric, $78 b.

Macao Electrics $29 b. Sandukan Lighta, $12 n.

Telephones (old), $30 n. Telephones (new), $28 n. China Buses, Tls.10 n. Singapore Tracti na, 2/- 1. Singapore Pref, 14/- n.

Industrials,

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Coments (Com.), $13.35 n.

· Cements (old), $11 b. Cements (new), $2 b. H.K. Ropen, $12.20 n. Agriculturals, $10 8,

Stores, etc. Dairy Farms, $28.50 Watsons (old), $12.76 n. Watsons (now), $11.40 n. Der. A. Wings, $1 a. Sinceres $15.50 n. Lane Crawforde, $6.00 n. Mackintoshs, $21 n. Wm. Powells, $8.05 n. Wing On (II.K.), $236 b.

Miscellaneous. Amusements $16.50 n. Entertainmenta, $12.50 b. ... 8. C. Enterpriser: $3 b.

United Theatres Tis, 6.25 b. Macao "Greyhounds", $10 n. Construction (old), $6.25 b. Construction (new), $1,35 b. B. Ind. G. Bonds, $69% n. Wallace Harpers, $11 China Sportas na

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The charm of Marian Nixon in the impression carried away niter wit nessing the Fox version of the amous Ante Douglas Wiggin and Charlotte Thomspon masterpiece, "Rebecca Sunnybrook Earm" nt the King's As enacted by her, inentre to-day. Rebecca is an imaginative girl whose adopting everyones penchant for

remembered tralt of tho roubies, necuing in the original book, is again maze the motivating innence in the IOL. in wealth of production detail, this version of "Rebecca" reflects

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ARE WE LOSING OUR LAUGHTER?

(Continued from Page 0.) THE HONG KÔNG JOCKEY CLUB.,

the sprightly veteran theatre- Draft Programmes and Entry goers who remembered the great Forms for the Fifteenth Extra little Robson. Race Meeting to hold on Saturday, 3rd December, 1932, (weather per mitting) may be obtained at the Secretary's Office, the Club House, Happy Valley, the Hong Kong Club, the Sports Club, and the Stables, Village Road.

Entries close at 12 o'clock NOON throughout the genitive guilding on THURSDAY, 24th November. nand of Alfred Santell, the director, rie has closely adhered to the theme 1932.

of the book in his screen treatment of the story, the scenario of which was prepared by S, N. Behrman and Additional members onyu Levien. of the supporting cast include Alphonz Either, Sarah Padden, Charlotte enry, Claire McDowell, Ronald Harris and Willia Marks, all of whom Contribute outstanding performances. an emotional appeal, in grandeur of backgrounds and settings, and com- pleteness of production, this latest resentation of "Rebecen" must be funked as the finest ever given the inspiring, stirring romance of the ittle girl who thought the whole world wna “just wonderful!”

Dix Creates Remarkable Role,

Ja

Now York's shadowy, mysterious East Side at the time the notorious Car Barn Gang ruled both the upper. and underworld of Manhattan. zraphically brought to the screen in Indio Pictures' "Young Donovan's Kid" opening on Wednesday at the Queen's Theatre. Roofs have been jerked from the crowded filthy tone- ments, pool halls, pastimo clubs and gang rendezvous, to enable the pry. ing eyes of the camera to enter and

One authority points in the dia. appearance of the theatrical pun improvement. in popular tastes. as a striking proof of an all-round Certainly there came a time when punning was a public nuisance. When, during the editorship of | Burnand, a page of "Punch" was often a mosaic of Idiotic puns, and votaries of the Gafety were expect- ed to laugh at seeing Nellie Farren loaded into a stage cannon and at the chief comedian's question: "Are you far in? Are you nearly far in?" Some of the crutch and characterizations of the year-that of toothpick brigade, strange as it Yancey Cravat in "Cimarron.

may seem, would look over the "Young Donovan's Kid," he is said to rims of their high collars and emit rench ден and greater belghts, the expected chuckle. None the Jackie Cooper, brillant little star of lesa, a very good pun or a very bad "Skippy." and Marion Shilling are nung the members of the support and without it He would be a ing east.

losing game all the time.

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lager, cameraman, spent nearly two weeks filming exteriors of the old familiar spots, and Radlo Pictures constructed thirty interior and woven sxterior 'nets, hospitals, police head- quarters, pool rooms, music halls, duts, court rooms, banks, jails and houses of correction to further the realistic transmission of the Rex Boach atory, "Big Brother," to the screen. this setting transpires one of the most amazing stories over con- eived by an author the tale of a Robin Hood gang loader, who could kill and kiss at the same time, who loved as deeply as he could hate, the most hated and most loved man in New York's underworld.. Interpreting this role is Richard Dix, the star who con-

tributed and of the most remarkabla

with

JANET GAYNOR Warner Baxter Una Merkel

From play by Jean' Webster.

Directed by

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It's all about stowaways on an ocean liner. But what does the plot matter, when It's madder than ever ! !

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